Official 2023 College Football Thread
 

Coaches poll below.

Coaches Poll top 25: Michigan ahead of Alabama, Ohio State in preseason college football rankings - CBSSports.com

Some in Hog forum are predicting a 7-5 or 6-6 year. That would be a disappointment for Pittman's 4th year.

Assuming our QB stays healthy (unlike last year), I'm more positive but honestly don't know how we'll do with a new OC and a new DC this year.

Michigan didn't get a single first place vote, but is ranked second. Interesting.

dola: Just to add, two is a good position. Georgia's schedule is softer than Charmin. They have one mediocre game against someone they should beat (and the always do), The number two team can't vault to number one pretty quickly. As much as Georgia has the resume of the past two years, a loss in the season could put them in real jeopardy of not making the playoffs. If that loss keeps them out of the SEC championship, then it definitely will.

SEC and Big Ten have 10 of the top 12 spots.

Ouch.

Former Hogs RB Alex Collins has passed away, reports say it was a motorcycle accident. This came on the heels of former Hogs QB Ryan Mallett drowning in June.

Neither made a big impact in the NFL, but both were great Razorbacks and really fun to watch.

Not a good year for Hog fans.

A good Tulane team is like free money. You don't expect it, so on the rare occasions it happens, you really enjoy it.

Nice!

Why do players commit so early? It's a long ways till 2026 but nice catch. The Hogs better do well otherwise I can see him go to greener pastures.

Tay Lockett chooses Hogs over 40 other offers | KNWA FOX24

I kinda felt bad that the Pac-12 was dismantled but now that I'm home and expected to settle in to watch a decent team only to find out the game is on a non-existent network... Fuck the Pac-12, I hope it doesn't last until June 30th.

Forgot about the new running clock for 1st downs. Army-Navy will be done in 2 hours.

Another 2026 commit (and stole one from GA).

OT Bear McWhorter from Georgia. Had offers from AL, AU, Cincy, UF, FSU, GA etc.

2026 means he's 18-1-1 = 16 (?) at 6-4, 297lbs.

Well, this is the same kid who "gained national attention as an eighth grader when he rented a billboard on Interstate 49 near Fayetteville which read, "Coach Pittman, I want to be a Hog.”

First saw this graphic on the Hogs forum discussing recruiting. Take it FWIW

Geography with Goudge: NFL Player Origins per Capita, 2022 | News | kmaland.com

Honestly not surprising, given the amount of talent in the south. California and Texas are 'hurt' by huge populations, but that 1.25 still equates to a lot of players and Utah, which may surprise some, has a large poly population and Poly's have a higher percentage of players in the league than any other ethnicity.

New Mexico kind of stands out. I wonder why it is so low relative to its neighbors

Their high school football system is quite sparse.

The data analyst in me wants to throw that map into the ocean. Gradient colors on a heat map would be far less misleading. Dr Ted Goudge show have their Sport Geography phd revoked.

What, are the Mormons taking credit for Samoa?

The ACC was supposed to have a meeting today on adding Standford, Cal and SMU. It has been postponed due to the UNC shooting.

Are you thinking Hawaii?

Per capita?

So there are around 37 million NFL players from Texas?

Probably per million people?

It says "national norm = 1.0" so I think that it is all relative to that.

Hogs are favored by 37.5 over Kent State. We covered last week, but our RB1 is probably not going to play this Sat so not as confident.

On other news, AP has Hogs at #28. Woohoo! Let's have a couple upsets, Hogs play really well and we might sneak into Top-25.

Okay, nvm. I'm a little more confident now.

In a long line of massively stupid decisions made by the NCAA, this one might just be the worst.

North Carolina WR Tez Walker denied appeal, ineligible for '23 - ESPN

And I just figure it's a rare case of sanity shown by the NCAA.

I don't know much about the Tez Walker situation but that is some response by Mack Brown. Can't remember the last time a coach went that hard at the NCAA.

He wanted to move closer to his ailing grandmother who raised him.

They should've said one free transfer, everything else costs waiting a year. No waivers. Period. By giving some, they opened the barn door and now they're chasing horses around.

100% agree

Is it just me or is Lee Corso doing a bit better this year?

Georgia offensive line looks like crap. Playing teams they should dominate, they are getting pushed around. If you a SEC East team, you have to be licking your lips watching the film. Georgia is looking very beatable in the early season.

Maybe.

But Joe Namath hasn't aged gracefully, need to blend in his grey.

The Dawgs have a relatively easy schedule this year (I mean, it's not as if they are in the SEC-W). Only 2 ranked teams (as of this week) on schedule with #9 Tennessee and #20 Ole Miss, and both are later in the season.

I wouldn't panic yet.

No panic, just observation. I know how easy their schedule is, but what that translates to is they have no room for error. The offense isn't looking great but especially the offensive line is just getting pushed around. That is not going to translate well once they start playing SEC level defenses unless they clean it up.

... and now they're getting their mojo

Colorado hasn't looked good, but Nebraska, at least on offense, has been terrible.

Getting three interceptions will help. The OL does seem to have wore on their DL. Let's see what they look like to start the second half. Teams like this don't have the depth to rotate talented DL to keep them fresh like better teams will.

Georgia always seem to have a undersized walk-on that just comes out of nowhere to shine. Mekhi Mews is this years version. That little guy is shifty and has great eyes for the hole.

That interception that Beck just threw was just a horrible series of mistakes on the Refs. They quick snap because the defense encroached and Beck forced a ball thinking it was a free play. The Refs didn't through a flag on the obvious penalty there or on the pass interference that cause the pass to bounce out to the other defender. Just garbage.

The Hogs are sucking big time.

Ole Miss and Kentucky say hi

Can't be as bad as 20 yards of offense by mid 2Q.

We really, really suck.

Kentucky was trailing EKU until about a minute ago. At least you've been ahead.

Ole Miss meanwhile, minus WR Tre Harris since early (undisclosed injury), can't do jack shit with the ball. The OL has apparently been replaced by the Oxford HS JV

Alright, scored just before the half and now up 14-6.

Sure hope they come out PO’d at their performance.

Carson Beck could be rented out to haunted houses to scare the children.

Hell, best I can tell he scares ADULTS :lol:

My wife said he looks like he was put together in a lab.

Colorado defense played much better but to be honest Nebraska some what handed them the blowout. I was at the game and it was no way as close as the score. It will be interesting when CU plays USC in a few weeks at Boulder. The Oline is terrible.

Notre Dame with a good win at NC State. Hartman throwing 4 TDS and no interceptions, I am not sure if ND were underdogs but most everyone thought they would lose this one.

ND was a 7 point favorite as of yesterday

Game was fairly close until NCSU came apart.

She's not wrong lol

I really hope Georgia gets punished for their schedule. We want to see some big time games and we will basically learn nothing about Georgia until they play Tennessee and then again nothing until the SEC Championship. It’s a real shame. Hope they lose a game and SOS haunts them all year.

If Joe Milton remains at QB I doubt you learn much about them from that game either :(

Same goes for Michigan. I wish teams wouldn’t make their schedule scared.

Nice to see the 2021 version of Tyler Van Dyke back. I don't know who the hell suited up as him last year

Georgia was supposed to open with Oklahoma. The SEC forced them to drop the game when they made this agreement with them and Texas. Left them screwed for this year.

Dick Van Dyke seems like the best comparison to 2022 version

Ugly win at 28-6 but I'll take it.The defense won it for us. Nice to be 2-0. Next week is BYU so should be more of a challenge, we better get our act together.

Rarely has a 17 point final margin been more deceiving than Ole Miss over Tulane today.

In what direction (I've been out all day, so I haven't seen anything about the games)?

Tulane outplayed 'em for much of the day, despite having a not-ready backup QB play the whole thing.

Ole Miss took a 20-17 lead with 12:50 to go. Led only 27-20 with 2:56 to go.
Tulane onside kick fails, Ole Miss bungles the possession ... but hits a 56 yd FG miracle with 1:56 left ... and a sack and recovery TD provided the final margin.

You know why Tennessee is playing so rough? Those ugly uniforms.

Is there a more overpaid coach than Jimbo Fisher?

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Brian Kelly?

Well, Ed Oregon still makes $750k monthly at the moment sooooo ....

But other than that lol

Scary injury to Miami's Kam Kinchens in the final minutes of the A&M game.

He was carted off, backboarded, finally awake & talking but not moving basically.

A definite thoughts & prayers situation that casts a real pall over what should be a joyous moment for Miami :(

Such a great win for Miami, but just a bad situation to have an important player like that carted off.

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This season is going to be insane. North Carolina is barely hanging on versus App Stare.

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A northwest Miami native to boot I'm told.

I think my kid summed it up "just took all the air out of everything" :(

These are just kids . . .

It's sobering enough in an NFL game.

College/HS is another level of stomach churning.

App State is driving to tie or go ahead with less than 2 minutes left.

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If betting was legal in SC, Furman over 7.5 in the first half at +480 would have been the easiest money...

Can Appalachian State do it again?

Not looking good. They let NC march down into FG range.

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That was the dumbest, longest last 7 seconds of a game in history.

They just can't stop that NC running back.

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I swear Texas was trying to snap it through their QB back to their RB on that sneak.

Let's see ...

#23 Aggies lost
#24 Tulane lost

And on upset watch list

#13 Oregon down 18-20
#19 Wisconsin down 24-9

Doubt the Hogs make it into Top-25 this week, but if they take care of business with BYU, possibly the next one.

... and Go Horns!

Whatever happens here, you have to think this is a beatable Alabama team.

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Thus far, they've looked like a Gator Bowl-bound Alabama team

“So far, the reports that we have on (Kinchens) are that everything seem to be relatively normal, so I’m going to head over there right after I get done with the press conference and see how he’s doing,” (Miami HC Mario) Cristobal said.

What a terrible time to throw that pick.

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And just like that, from down to a two score lead.

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No clue what defense Texas is running there. Getting great pressure and just leaving the middle of the field wide open.

They have left several receivers wide open tonight. They are lucky the Bama quarterback is so inaccurate.

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If this was a wrestling match, the first three quarters were a hoss fight, and now we're in a spotfest (close to a spotmonkey) match.

5 TD catches in the Bama-Texas game so far ... 3 by UGA transfers

(I ain't saying what that means, if anything ... just found it interesting is all)

Without Georgia, is the SEC even considered to be a Power Five conference anymore?

Texas holds on, I say rank them #1, drop everyone else a spot. Screw y'all for scheduling high school teams.

(Not that it really matters this early.)

They by far have the best win of the season. They probably should jump up to one, but they won't move that far. How far does Bama drop? I would bet they are still ranked above Texas. Rankings are stupid.

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They should be at least 2. Probably 1 until Georgia plays a team with a pulse.

HOOK EM HORNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats Texas!

And yes, Texas will jump Alabama in next poll.

I didn't know Mick Luckhurst's son was the kicker for Cal.

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Coastal Carolina had its home opener against Jacksonville State today. Only led 10-9 at the half, but finally pulled away to win 30-16.

Rough start to the year for the SEC.

it may be a rough year in general for the SEC. Nobody has looked good so far honestly.

Alabama is 0-8-1 all-time against Texas when the Longhorn's starting QB makes it past the first quarter